Fair board searching

Members of the Jay County Fair Board are planning a new display for this year’s fair and are in need of the public’s help.
The display will feature items from past fairs. The first Jay County Fair was held in 1872 and fair board members are in search of items from that time up to 1985.
Possible items could include midway winnings, 4-H projects, awards, memorabilia, scrapbooks or pins, FFA jackets and projects, stockholder passes and tickets, clothing worn to the fair, ribbons, trophies and plaques, animal blankets, halters and show accessories and Women’s Building projects.
Items may be loaned or donated to the Jay County Fair Association. For more information or to donate items, call Debi Gillespie at Strohl Appliance at (260) 726-7136 or Cindy VanSkyock at Remember When at (260) 726-9436.

New officers
Jay County High School recently held elections for the 2011-2012 school year.
Matt Shrack was elected as student council president; Brady Yoder as vice-president; Katie Simmons as secretary; Adam Coleman as treasurer and Aaron Helm as sergeant at arms.
Student council representatives for the senior class next year are Stephen Scott, Austin Cowan, Randa Gillespie, Maria Murphy, Hannah Lugar, Trinity Whetstone, Megan Buschur, Aaron Loy, Nikka Chaney, Marissa Murrell, Devin Conatser, Jennifer Dirksen, Morgan Link and Mackenzie McIntire.
Aaron Loy was elected as senior class president; Austin Cowan as vice-president; Maria Murphy as secretary and Jennifer Dirksen as treasurer.
Student council representatives for the junior class are Abby Broering, Miranda Reinhart, Liza Haggenjos, Anna Muhlenkamp, Paige Lennartz, Jennifer Braun, Emily Wendel, Brooke Fraley, Laura Morrison, Jill Dirksen, Sarah Dirksen, Andrea Bruggeman, Katie Reier, Ravi Patel, Shelby Wendel, Alysia Bye, Alexander Dunn, Avery Loyd, Fonna Parr and Hannah Fifer.
Alex Dunn was elected as junior class president; Brockton Miller as vice-president; Shelby Wendel as secretary and Katie Snyder as treasurer.
Student council representatives for the sophomore class are Brooke Harshman, Brennen Krieg, Makayla Grayson, Alexis Loy, Tiffany Barton, Victoria Petschke and Sydney Bost.
Zane Shreve was elected as sophomore class president; Kaitlin Hemmelgarn as vice-president; Amber Huelskamp as secretary and Abigail Johnson as treasurer.

Beading class
The National Center for Great Lakes Native American Culture, Inc., will host a Native American Beading Class on Saturday, May 14, at Jay County Public Library, 315 N. Ship St. in Portland.
The class will be taught by Katrina Mitten, Huntington, and will be held from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. with an hour lunch break.
Mitten is a member of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and has displayed her beadwork at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art and Angel Mounds.
For more information or to register, call Kay Neumayr at (765) 426-3022 or e-mail [email protected]

Outstanding
Two Portland natives were recently named in Butler University’s Spring 2011 Top 100 Outstanding Students.
Allison Renee Fullenkamp, a student in the College of Education, majoring in early childhood/middle childhood education was named.
Erika Marie Hunt, a student in the College of Business, majoring in marketing also was chosen.[[In-content Ad]]